Federal agents in El Paso arrested an Army National Guard soldier, who is also a New York City Rikers Island correction officer, accused of falsifying military paperwork and signatures in a work fraud scheme.
Shawn Pierre Hobbs, 34, a member of the Connecticut Army National Guard, was arrested Monday in El Paso on federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges out of Manhattan.
El Paso County Jail records show that Hobbs, of Roosevelt, New York, was booked by the FBI. He is being held pending extradition. It has not been disclosed why Hobbs was in El Paso.
Army National Guard soldiers have civilian jobs while serving in the military part time.
An El Paso man sent a text saying his wife was pointing a gun at him before she allegedly killed him in their Northeast home, court documents state.
Detectives last week arrested 57-year-old Leanne Yvonne Mandeville on a murder charge in connection with the death of her 56-year-old husband, Laithe Marra.
Homicide detectives suspect Marra was shot about 10:50 p.m. on Feb. 19, before he was found dead the next morning in his home s garage in the 4700 block of El Campo Drive.
El Paso police initially were dispatched on the morning of Feb. 20 on a call about a suicide at the home.